Melody did not expect that Stanley would call her. Moreover, when she was still in class. Without paying attention to it, she pressed the decline button.
However, after less than two seconds, the buzzing sound returned.
With no choice, she had to sneak out the back door and answered the phone. "Stanley, I'm in class. What can I do for you..."
"Miss Graham, did something happen to Sharon at school?"
Before letting her finish, Stanley directly cut her off and went straight to the point.
Stunned by his question, Melody replied, "No... No, she was fine. She even told me that she's pregnant. I told her that she should not return to school before giving birth, so I planned to take her to fill up the temporary leave, but she left after answering a call. She has not returned yet..."
Speaking of this, Melody seemed to think of something. Then a scream could be heard, hurriedly she said, "Two hours have passed, Sharon has not returned. Is she..."
"She's fine. She's here with me." Stanley said, calming her down.
With that, Melody breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Great, that's good."
"Miss Graham, do you know who called her?"
"I didn't hear it clearly. I don't know if it's Shawn..."
Melody knew a little about Sharon and Shawn's history. Especially during the ten days after Stanley's disappearance, Shawn had been by Sharon's side the entire time, and he often came to school to find her. As time passed, Melody would often hear Sharon refer to him as her brother.
After hearing this, Stanley narrowed his eyes.
Sharon had a very comfortable sleep. Perhaps it was because her heart was at peace, or because Stanley was by her side. Knowing that he would not go anywhere, so she felt at ease.
However, this sense of security was quickly overwhelmed by her difficulty in breathing.
It was as uncomfortable as lacking oxygen. She slowly opened her eyes, and what she saw was the man's enlarged face.
He was kissing her.
After a long time, Stanley calmed down, but he did not move and was lying on the sofa with her.
Sharon's face flushed scarlet. "You... You're done with your work?"
"Um hmm," Stanley replied in a low voice.
Swiftly, Sharon lay on top of him. "I just had a dream."
"What dream?" Stanley asked with his eyes half closed.
"I just dreamed of my father..." Sharon sniffled and said.
Hearing that, Stanley tightened his hand around her waist and his Adam's apple bobbed. "What else?"
Sharon's eyelashes drooped as she said, "My dad had woken up, and I felt happy. Then, I took him to play, eat, went shopping, and bought some clothes for him. He seemed very happy, too... But it turned out to be a dream inside another dream. Then it started to change. Dad was still asleep, and I was just dreaming. When you kissed me, I was just returning to my childhood, where my dad was teaching me how to swim. But I was too stupid. As I feared water and could not learn. I grabbed onto my dad's body and would not get into the water. Then I bawled my eyes out. Seeing that, my dad was scared, and he took me to the shore and coaxed me, telling me to be obedient and brave. Since I refused to learn that day, my dad said to wait a little longer, till I was braver, we would learn again..."
Sharon kept talking non-stop.
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